Michelle Pash, LMP, CR

Essential Oils

Throughout the history of humankind, in almost every culture in
the world, essential oils were legendary for healing, fighting
infection, and enhancing physical, mental, emotional, and
spiritual strength.

Diffuse Essential Oils Anytime, Anywhere

Experiences

I have used several of the essential oils and some blends, but my all
time favorite is lavender. I use it any time I’m not sure what to
use. I suffer from mild acne and have found it to help dry up
pimples and almost eliminate blackheads. I finally got my teenage son to
use it and he says it’s the best thing he’s tried (we’ve tried EVERTHING
for him).

Not to mention he must smell good when he goes to school……..I’m sure
the girls love that! My youngest son (now 8) loves lavender. He
suffers from anxiety (can you imagine….at 8?) so he has trouble
sleeping. Sometimes at bedtime he asks for the “calming down oil”
(otherwise known as lavender). I give him a couple drops in his palm
and he rubs it on his stomach. When he gets a nervous stomach before
school I give him either lavender or Acceptance to rub on his stomach.
Seems to make a big difference.

I’ve also used peppermint and lemon for heartburn. I just put a drop
or two in a glass of water or right in my mouth if I’m unable to get a
water right away. Works great.

I’m totally hooked.

~ Sharron Swihart Vancouver, WAFebruary 2008

Essential oils are the aromatic, volatile, and often delicate liquids
that are stored in the stems, leaves, fruits, flowers, seeds, and roots
of plants. Unlike common vegetable oils, essential oils do not oxidize
and become rancid, nor are they greasy. More often they feel watery and
barely there.

Essential oils are nature's most unique and direct way to support all
the structures and functions of the body - physical, mental, and
emotional. They will enhance every healthy choice you make.

What can essential oils do for you all day long?

clean the air of pollutants

purify the water you drink and bathe in

be combined with food and nutritional supplements for increased
support to cell metabolism and antioxidant action

enhance your skin, hair, and oral hygiene

reduce stress and bring emotional balance into your life

enhance your ability to learn new things and remember old ones

act against many strains of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and
parasites

offer support to the whole body for optimum vitality

be used to help infants and children as well as adults

help pets with many of the same problems we humans have

be recognized, absorbed, and used by our bodies because their
molecules are genetically familiar to us since the dawn of human
existence

remind us of the miraculous presence of nature, and encourage
us to value and protect it for future generations

Why is it so difficult to find pure, therapeutic-grade essential
oils?

Cost - Because it may require several hundred pounds, or even several
thousand pounds of plant material to extract one pound of pure
essential oil, it can be very costly.

Quality - Because the vast majority of all the oils produced in the
world today are used by the perfume industry, the oils are being
purchased for their aromatic qualities only.

Quantity - High pressure, high temperatures, rapid processing and the
use of chemical solvents are often employed during the distillation
process so that a greater quantity of oil can be produces at a
faster rate. These oils may smell just as good and cost much less,
but will lack most, if not all, of the chemical constituents necessary
to produce the expected therapeutic results.